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|FOCUS |CONTENT |ORGANIZATION |STYLE |CONVENTIONS | |

| |You consistently show that you |You write with many |You organize ideas in paragraph form. |You consistently use |You write with a polished look. |

| |are writing with the audience in |supporting details that are |You include: a beginning, middle, and end, |effective word choice, |You use conventional spelling for most words. |

|4 |mind. |specific to the topic. |transition words, a good lead/hook, or topic |interesting sentence |You use punctuation and capitalization correctly most of the |

| |You clearly focus on a | |sentence, and a strong conclusion. |variety, and some of your |time. |

| |well-narrowed topic that makes a | | |voice shows in your writing.|You have clear control of spacing, grammar, mechanics, |

| |point. | | | |spelling, usage, letter and sentence formation. |

| |You often show that you are |You write with enough details|You have a clear beginning, middle, and end. |You often use effective word|You spell third grade words correctly and apply spelling |

| |writing with the audience in |that support the topic. |You include: transition words, a good |choice, and interesting |strategies. |

|3 |mind. | |lead/hook, or topic sentence, and a |sentence variety. |You use end marks, commas, and apostrophes in contractions and |

| |You narrow the topic and write to| |conclusion. | |possessives correctly. |

| |the prompt while making a point. | | | |You capitalize: proper names/nouns, initials, first word in a |

| | | | | |quote, and titles. |

| | | | | |You have clear control of spacing, grammar, mechanics, |

| | | | | |spelling, usage, letter and sentence formation. |

| |You sometimes show evidence of |Your sentences on the topic |You have a clear beginning, middle, and end. |You sometimes use effective |You spell second grade words correctly and use phonetic |

| |writing with the audience in |have few details that support| |word choice and interesting |spelling. |

|2 |mind. |the topic. | |sentence variety. |Limited control of spacing, grammar, mechanics, spelling, |

| |You try to narrow the topic while| | | |usage, letter and sentence formation. |

| |also trying to write to the | | | | |

| |topic. | | | | |

| |You show little or no evidence of|You write with little or no |Your beginning, middle, and end is missing. |You have little or no |You have little or no control of spacing, grammar, mechanics, |

| |writing for the audience. |details; your details do not |Your writing is not in order. |evidence of effective word |spelling, usage, letter and sentence formation. |

|1 |You show little or no evidence of|support your topic. | |choice or sentence variety. |Your writing is difficult to understand. |

| |writing to your topic. | | | | |

| |Your ideas don’t all go with your| | | | |

| |topic. | | | | |

|NOT ABLE TO SCORE |OFF-PROMPT |

|Your writing cannot be read. It is sloppy. |Your writing is readable, but you did not respond to the prompt. |

|Your paper is blank. |You receive a zero in focus and content, but other domains will be scored. |

|There isn’t enough writing to score. | |

|Your writing makes no sense. | |

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Dallastown Third Grade Writing Assessment Rubric

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